Passenger, caught 23/9/2006 (National moth night).

Mothing at St Margaret's

Most of the Moth lists and Photographs are from my garden (TR359450) in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe in Kent. It is situated about 1Km from the sea and has farmland with in 100 metres. The garden is well shrubbed and about 1600 sq metres. I normally run a 125 MV lamp and a 15W actinic light over-night and once the season gets going a couple of other traps. At the moment both are 25W black Lamps. previously I used a 160W blended lamp in one of them. All traps are home made. Trapping dates refer to the date the trap was put out.

Trap Update in 2017. A new 125W MV Robinson was added to a 125W MV Skinner, 15W Actinic Skinner, two 80W MV Morris modified Skinners and a 80W MVMorris Box trap.
Traps are now (2020 onwards) 2x 125W Robinsons, 2x 80W Skinner type and 1x 15W Actinic strip light on a Skinner type .

I try and identify all the Macro Moths, with the micros I am not at all systematic, I do more than I used to with the help of the new book, but there are some that do get through.


Saturday 5 October 2013

Species List For 4/10/2013

Only four species of micro moths, 29 individuals and 246 macro moths of 30 species. Four Rush Veneers,a Dark Sword-grass, a second Scarce Bordered Straw, a Delicate and a Silver Y were my contribution to an influx of migrants.

 Scarce Bordered Straw
 A different individual to yesterday.

 Green-brindled Crescent
 Another autumn Green thing.

  The Delicate
 The first of this migrant this year.

 Pine Carpet
 A tatty individual from the back hedge!

 Brown-spot Pinion
I don't know why I hadn't caught this before this year?

Agapeta hamana
It seems rather late for this handsome Tortrix.


Code Taxon Vernacular Individuals
937 Agapeta hamana 1
998 Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth 20
1342 Eudonia angustea 2
1398 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 6
1728 Xanthorhoe fluctuata Garden Carpet 1
1745 Larentia clavaria Mallow 2
1764 Chloroclysta truncata Common Marbled Carpet 2
1767 Thera firmata Pine Carpet 1
1914 Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn 3
1961 Campaea margaritata Light Emerald 1
2091 Agrotis ipsilon Dark Sword-grass 2
2107 Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing 51
2109 Noctua comes Lesser Yellow Underwing 14
2117 Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic 1
2126 Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew Character 95
2134 Xestia xanthographa Square-spot Rustic 3
2160 Lacanobia oleracea Bright-line Brown-eye 1
2194 Mythimna albipuncta White-point 2
2195 Mythimna vitellina Delicate 1
2202 Mythimna l-album L-album Wainscot 1
2232 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 3
2245 Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent 2
2255 Polymixis lichenea Feathered Ranunculus 8
2266 Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion 1
2267 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 16
2270 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 18
2272 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 1
2306 Phlogophora meticulosa Angle Shades 3
2361 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 2
2384 Hoplodrina ambigua Vine's Rustic 8
2389 Paradrina clavipalpis Pale Mottled Willow 1
2400 Helicoverpa armigera Scarce Bordered Straw 1
2441 Autographa gamma Silver Y 1
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